Chinese symbol for “practitioner”
从业者
cóng yè zhě
Traditional: 從業者
people in the (aforementioned) industry; practitioner; industry professional
The closest CC-CEDICT match for practitioner is 从业者 (cóng yè zhě), defined as: people in the (aforementioned) industry; practitioner; industry professional.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “practitioner”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 从业者.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 从事 (從事) | cóng shì | to go for; to engage in |
| 从而 (從而) | cóng ér | thus; thereby |
| 从来 (從來) | cóng lái | always; at all times |
| 自从 (自從) | zì cóng | since (a time); ever since |
| 从未 (從未) | cóng wèi | never |
| 从此 (從此) | cóng cǐ | from now on; since then |
| 企业 (企業) | qǐ yè | company; firm; enterprise; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 专业 (專業) | zhuān yè | specialty; specialized field |
| 记者 (記者) | jì zhě | reporter; journalist; 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “practitioner”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.